Housing Reclaimed: Sustainable Homes for Next to Nothing 9780865716964, 9781550924930, 9545251212, 6123328344, 6126279107, 6172829300, 1550924931

Housing reclaimed: sustainable homes for next to nothing 9780865716964, 9781550924930, 9545251212, 6123328344, 6126279107, 6172829300, 1550924931

Part 1 : Handbuilt homes -- All in the family -- A brief history of housing finance -- No-debt newlywed dream home -- Th

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Housing reclaimed: sustainable homes for next to nothing 9780865716964, 9781550924930, 1550924931

Part 1 : Handbuilt homes -- All in the family -- A brief history of housing finance -- No-debt newlywed dream home -- Th

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A Transition to Sustainable Housing: Progress and Prospects for a Low Carbon Housing Future 9819927595, 9789819927593

This open access book explores the environmental, social, and financial challenges of housing provision, and the urgent

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Evaluation of the Sustainable Aspects In Housing Sector To Overcome Housing Stress In Northern Iraq

Northern Iraq as part of Iraq, has been witnessed a great population increment last few decades. However, housing stress in Northern Iraq has risen due to that. Environmental, economic and social sustainability became crucial in the movement towards a more effective built environment and community nowadays. This research seeks to evaluate the presence of sustainability aspects (environmental, economic, and social) in housing sector, which makes them acquired and affordable for low income earners in Northern Iraq. Housing projects as case studies were investigated in Erbil, the capital of Northern Iraq. The research examined, the presence of sustainability aspects. Field observations checklist have been prepared based on the theoretical analysis through literature review and applied to collect data on the case studies. The results demonstrated that applying the aspects of sustainability for the buildings is weak and not clearly familiar in Northern Iraq. The study concluded that, the housing projects focusing on the case studies not sustainable. The findings show that the application of sustainable principles in the housing projects at Northern Iraq is very weak. It is highly recommended to achieve sustainability, because it is the significant way to produce acquired and affordable housing and overcome the housing problems, socially, environmentally and economically. The recommendations have been suggested to formulate new ways for implementing sustainable principles in the housing sector to overcome housing stress in Northern Iraq. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2019), 3(1), 67-81. https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2018.4684

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Building Better Homes : Government Strategies for Promoting Innovation in Housing [1 ed.] 9780833034090, 9780833033321

This report examines the structure, characteristics, and motivations of major participants in the housing industry to ex

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Thanks for Nothing 9781409081432

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Economic Growth and Sustainable Housing 9781134579341, 9780415825085, 9781315887395

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New Homes for Old 9781412829632

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Sustainable Housing Reconstruction: Designing Resilient Housing after Natural Disasters [1 ed.] 0415702607, 9780415702607

Through 12 case studies from Australia, Bangladesh, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and the USA, this book focuses on the hous

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The Green City : Sustainable Homes, Sustainable Suburbs [1 ed.] 9781136753008, 9780415372312

A team of city-building professionals explain in straightforward terms how the idea of ecological sustainability can be

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